Naomi Osaka

Naomi Osaka: Biography in Details

Who is Naomi Osaka?

Naomi Osaka is an American-Japanese professional tennis player. Naomi holds the record of name the first-ever Asian to achieve the top spot in the Women’s Tennis Association in singles.

She played against her idol, Serena Williams, and managed to win.

She has won five titles on the WTA Tour, including two titles at both the Grand Slam and Premier Mandatory levels.

Naomi Osaka- Family, Early Life

Naomi Osaka was born on October 16, 1997, in Chūō-Ku, Osaka, Japan. She is a Libra.

Her father is Leonard Francois, who taught her tennis at a very young age and her mother’s name is Tamaki Osaka.

She has a sister, Mari Osaka who is also a professional tennis player.

In which school did Naomi Osaka attend?

She started her school at Elmont Alden Terrace Primary, New York, and high school at Broward Virtual High School in Davie, Florida.

Naomi Osaka- Professional Life, Career, Achievements

She started her tennis career when she was When Osaka was 15 years old and began working with Patrick Trauma at the ISP Academy.

Her achievement went all uphill from there. She reaches the third round of the Australian Open in her Slam debut, the French Open during the clay season, and the 2016 US Open.

Furthermore, she achieved her breakthrough at the 2016 Troy Pan Pacific Open. She succeed in reaching the WTA final but was defeated by Caroline Wozniacki.

Osaka had a bad start in 2017. She lost the Australian Open and Dubai Tennis Championship in the second round. Her opponents later defeated her in Indian Wells, the Miami Open, and the Volvo Car Open. She failed to get successful results from her clay season.

Osaka defeated Sara Sorribes Tormo but got defeated by Venus Williams in the third round at 2017 Wimbledon. She defeated the defending champion, Angelique Kerber, in the first round, making her biggest achievement at the U.S. Open.

Venus Williams later lost against Osaka in the second round of the Hong Kong Open in October 2017. Osaka again defeated the former world No.1, Maria Sharapova, in the first round of the 2018 BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells.

She must have felt proud after she defeated Serena in the first round of the Miami Open in March 2018. However, Osaka wanted to play Serena in the Final.

Osaka was the first Japanese tennis player to win a major tennis tournament after she won the 2018 US Open trophy. In addition, Osaka defeated Lesia Tsurenko in the quarterfinal and Madison Key in the semifinal to reach the Grand Slam final. Consequently, she reached a career-high world ranking of number 4.

Naomi Osaka- Awards

Naomi Osaka- Net Worth

As of 2022, she has an estimated net worth of $8m US and earns up to $2m US annually.

The player received $3,104,114 US for her win over Petra Kvitova taking her through the $10m mark in career prize money. Her salary is around $24.3m US.

She received a whopping $3.8m paycheck. In addition, Japanese companies endorsed her. FORBES estimated, that she made $15m from endorsements in a year.

Osaka has been represented by the IMG management company since 2016. She plays with the Yonex Ezone 98 racket, equipped with Polytour Pro 125 and Rexis 130 strings. Nike has been her apparel sponsor since 2019. She had previously been sponsored by Adidas for four years.

Osaka doesn’t only earn from the court. Rumor says she earns more off-court. As a superstar in Japan, 22 million television viewers tuned in to watch the Australian Open finals.

What are the body descriptions of Naomi Osaka?

She has dark brown hair with dark brown eyes. Her height is 5 feet 11 inches and her weight is 69Kg. Her body measurement is 32-30-34 inches.

Social Media

She has around 178.8K followers on Facebook, about 499K on Twitter, and around 1.1M on Instagram.

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Reference: (Wikipedia)

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